Apparel collar



I, GROSS.

ATPPABEL c oLLAn. ArLjcN'lv, msn um. s'. |9120.

Isaac, Gros INVENTOR.

PATENT OFFICE.

ISAAC GROSS, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YOK.

APPAREL COLLAR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. I7', 1922.

Application filed March 6, 1920. Serial No. 363,761.

To Il whom it 'may macero.'

lie it known that l, lsAAo Gnoss, a citizen ot' loland` residing at 2316 R. lt. Ave., Brooklyn. in the county ot Kings and State ot' New York, have. invented certain new and useful Improvements in Apparel (loll-ars, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in apparel collars and more vparticularly collars ot the sott turnover type. ln order to give to such collars a more dressy appearance. it has been proposed to insert stitiening members in pockets formed therein. but so Jfar as I am aware such devices have been more or less unsatisfactory for one reason or another. Particularly is this true ot that style ot' collar in which the wings are relatively sharply pointed and ot considerable depth at the trout and in which the stitfening means is loe-ated at a point somewhat in wardly ot the forward edges and points ot the wings, for in a collar thus constructed and stittened. the points ot the wings are lett limp and as a result they will be turned up or wrinkled in wear although the adja cent portions oi the wings will have a stiltened appearance. Thus While a coliar so constructed and reinforced or stiffened will Vbe somewhat supported against coliapse.

nevertheless the most conspicuous portion of the collar is devoid of reinforcing or stittenA ing means and will soon Vbecome crumpled. It is therefore the primary object of the present invention to provide a collar of the type mentioned so constructed and provided with a stii'ening medium so located as to 'afford support for the collar and particularly the wings thereof where such support is most needed and where it will serve best to give to the most conspicuous part of the collar a stittening appearance.

Another object ot the invention is to so construct the pockets for the stitteningmeans' that the pockets may he formed in a most convenient manner Vandto a great extent by the stitching operation which is required to be followed in uniting the plies ot the collar.

A further objectof the invention is to so construct and locate the pockets for the sti'- ening members that the members will be positively held against loss or disarrangement While the collar is being Worn and yet may be.readily removed when it is desired to prepare the collar tor the laundry.

lu the accompanying drawings:

Figure l is a perspective view of a collar embodying the invention;

Fig. Q is a vertical sectional view on the line 2 2 ot Fig. l;

Fig. Il is a lu'irizontal sectional view ou the 60 Fig. 4 is a perspective view ot one ot the stiitening members;

Figi. 5 is a similar view of the other mem her.

lt will beuuders'tood that thc collar enr bodying the invention may be composed of any desired number ot' plies and that the voli lar may he given any desired shape. The

collar which is indicated in general hy the T numeral l. being ol' the turnover type1 comprises the usual inner told 2 and outer told il, the latter having the usual front wings which are indicated h v the numeral i and which in the particular style of collar illus` trated. are relatively deep and brought to a sharp point as indicated by the numeral As before pointed out. where stittcningmeans have been previously employed in eollars ot this particular shape. and in fact with collars of various other shapes, the said means have been located somewhat inwardly of the points 5 or forward edges ot the wings so that as the result these portions ot the collar are lett without support and rela- S5 tively limp and will Vbecome crumpled and unsightly in appearance after the collar has been Worn for a short time although the adjacent portions of the collar may have the desired stittened appearance. in the manufacture of such collars, the folds i2 and Il are each made up ot a number ot plies of material marginally united by lines ot stitching. Thus the told 2 has its plies As is usual united by a single or double row ot stitching 6 which extends along the lower margin of this told and by another line of stitching 7 which extends along the opposite margin of the said fold. ln reinforcing this fold of the collar.` a piece of material of the desired shape is disposed against the outer side ot the told 2 inwardly of each end thereof to form one wall S of a pocket 9. and this piece of material is united by lines of stitching ,10 extending at its front and rear edges and passing therethrough and through the innermost ply of the fold 2,` the lines of stitching A6 being passed through the lower edge of thispiece of material so as to form-the closed bottom 11 of the pocket, the o en mouth of the pocket being indicated by't e'numeral 12 and being housed Within the fold `13 at the juncture of the two folds of .the collar. Into each of. these pockets 9' may be removably fitted a stiifening member preferably substantially of the form shown in Fig. 5 of the drawings although it as Well as the pocket may be of some other marginal contour if desired, this stiffening member being` indicated by the numeral 14 and preferably comprising a` sheet of Celluloid or other relatively stiff material suitable for v'the purpose. In themanner just described, a stiffening means is provided for the inner fold 2 of the collar near the front Vends thereof so as to support these portions of the said fold and prevent their collapse or crumpling.`

ln order that the wings 4of the fold 3 may be similarly stiened and supported against collapse and crumpling, each wing is pro`- vided upon its inner side with a pocket indicated by the numeral 15 and formed by ap-` plying to the said inner side of each win a piece of material which is to form one wal 16 of the pocket, the inner side of the wing forming, of course,` the other `wall of the pocket. This pieeepofmaterial or, in other A words, the wall 16'is united at its forward edge by lines of stitching 17 which are the same lines which secure together the plies of the folds 3 at this margin of thefold, and in like manner the lower ed e of the wall 1li is secured by a line offstitclnng 18-which is the identical line of stitching which se- 'cnres together the lower'edges of the plies of 4the said fold 3. The rear edge of the Wall 16 is secured to the innermost ply of the fold 3 by a line of stitching 19 and ,thus the pocket 15 is completed,the mouth of this pocket. indicated by the numeral 20, being located substantially at themouth 1Q of the respective pocket 9 and likewise housed within the fold 13. The stiifening member which is designed for insertion in the pocket 15 is1 clearly shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings and is indicated by the numeral 21, and` this member is preferably formed from a sheet` oi Celluloid and is of a marginal contouri corresponding substantially to the shape of the pocket 15 so that as a consequence when fitted into the pocket it will have a strai ht forward edge 22 which lies close to the stitch-f ing 17 and un upwardly inclined lower edge E23 which lies close to the line vof stitching 18. these two edges forming a relatively sharp angle so as to provide an 'acute angled wing the lower corner of whic ,to a point, the'plies comprising the wing corner or point 24 designed to conform sub- 1 Peint 5 .Qi-1 'i stlantially to the contour of the the respective wing of the fold 3. f V i It will be understood from the foregoing that the reinforcing members Hand 21 sub-f i stantially fill their` respective pockets and that inasmuch as the lines of stitching/17 and 18 are locateddirectly 'at the front and lower margins of the wings 4 of thefold 3 of the collar andthese lines of stitching A define the front and bottom of the respective pockets 15, thereinforcing members 2 1 which substantially fill the said pockets .15,4Will substantiall their entire' area so that the points 5 a the portions of the wings adjacent thereto cannot become crumpled but will on the other handbe given the desired stiffened appearance. I have also found that byefl'ectually stiffening and supporting the wings 4 `throughout substantially'their entire areas, the support ail'ordedis extended -to the portions of the fold 3 rearwardly' of eil'octuallly stifen the wings 4 throughout these wings so that there is little likelihood V1 Having thus described the invention, what V is claimed as new is? l yA soft turnoveroollar havin a multiply is tapered being unitedl at. their front and lowerrmar# n gins by a line of stitching, a pieoeof/material disposed againstthe inner side of the wing and having front .and lower margins Aplaced in registrationl with the corresponding margins of the Win' and united thereto bythe said line of stitch1ng,the rear margin of the said piecef material being united to the inner ply' of the wing and the Yupper margin of said piece of material being left free l whereby a pocketis formed between the said piece of material and the said innerply of lthe wing, the ocket having -its mouth opening substantie within the fold of the collar, and a 'stifening'inember removably fitted in said pocket and comprising a sheet of relatively stiff 'material conforming in marginal contour substantially to the shape of the pocket and therefore embodying a tapered corner'portion seating into the lower forward corner of the pocket.

In testimony whereof I'aiiix m signature.

I ISAAC GROSg. [n s.] 

